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Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
I guess the chat was talking about this horse, someone linked me. I hadn't seen this horse before and it's cracking me up (sorry Landon)
http://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=258004
13 seconds in 13 starts. He has lost by a nose 13 straight times.
He is a "very special/scary"
He needs only 1 piece of equipment, and is sporting it.
This is just... mean. Or luck of the draw. If this horse had broken his maiden first out, he could be a zillionaire by now. Instead his confidence level reads like one big list of heartbroken. So the next time you have a scary type that can't win in its first 2 starts, remember good old Windrunner! 13 noses away from being an undefeated superstar!!
http://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=258004
13 seconds in 13 starts. He has lost by a nose 13 straight times.
He is a "very special/scary"
He needs only 1 piece of equipment, and is sporting it.
This is just... mean. Or luck of the draw. If this horse had broken his maiden first out, he could be a zillionaire by now. Instead his confidence level reads like one big list of heartbroken. So the next time you have a scary type that can't win in its first 2 starts, remember good old Windrunner! 13 noses away from being an undefeated superstar!!
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
LOL ... thanks.... I was even going to get him a headshot after that debut race.... Maybe he's mad at me for not doing it...?
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
Wow, I can't imagine if we'd have been able to watch all of his races rather than just those this year!
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
I can think of a second piece of equipment that Landon could change.
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
Reminds me of this one: http://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=236379
And, interestingly enough, this one was also owned by Landon until she sold him to Larry, and the horse then broke its maiden haha
And, interestingly enough, this one was also owned by Landon until she sold him to Larry, and the horse then broke its maiden haha
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
I have a barn full of horses that are very similar to that, though usually they're able to win once. They have records like 12: 1-10-1.
My horses finish first and third roughly 16% of the time. In recent years, they've been finishing second about 25% of the time. I had a Wednesday where I had 15 horses in stakes. None won, but 12 finished second, most by losses of a nose.
I think it's because I was the middle child....
My horses finish first and third roughly 16% of the time. In recent years, they've been finishing second about 25% of the time. I had a Wednesday where I had 15 horses in stakes. None won, but 12 finished second, most by losses of a nose.
I think it's because I was the middle child....
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
Yep, time to get the shears outJohn Slotmon wrote:I can think of a second piece of equipment that Landon could change.
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
I'd have to agree this horse would make a great gelding, lol!
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
I geld sometimes if a 2YO doesn't have a record-breaking workout before his first start. There are too many horses running with two pieces of equipment when clearly one is all that's needed.
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I noticed that you also geld Steward-breds that have earned close to $1 million. Your latest gelding made me quite Happy as my Racing stable prefers to be the only source of the Chretiens line.John Slotmon wrote:I geld sometimes if a 2YO...
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
yeah he still has the family jewels. Trust me I part of me wants to say geld. But the other half of me is super stubborn & angry at the sim gods.
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
I never needed that kind of proof... All I have to do is look at all the 'wows' I have that can't even win a nw2'
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
I think the head shot theory might be right. And my own attempts to add to the Chretiens line were a major fail.
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
It was either him or It is I, and It is I doesn't have a "geld this horse" button on his page, strangely enough.Ronnie Dee wrote:I noticed that you also geld Steward-breds that have earned close to $1 million. Your latest gelding made me quite Happy as my Racing stable prefers to be the only source of the Chretiens line.John Slotmon wrote:I geld sometimes if a 2YO...
P.S. - he's now over $1 million.
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Re: Proof That Sometimes the SIM is just Mean...
http://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=236379
I bought this horse off of Landon who also liked running second, i changed his equipment and gelded him and he has now won two of three starts.
I bought this horse off of Landon who also liked running second, i changed his equipment and gelded him and he has now won two of three starts.
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